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The
President and his Administration have made it a priority to protect
consumers against rising gas prices. Earlier this year, he announced a
plan to reduce our oil imports by a third by 2025 -- leveraging domestic
resources while reducing the oil we consume. And he has taken steps to
invest in new technologies and more efficient transportation initiatives
that are already helping us move towards this important goal.
Today,
as part of these efforts, the Administration introduced next generation
fuel economy labels that will empower car buyers with better
information about what they will spend or save on fuels costs when
looking to purchase a new vehicle.
The new fuel economy labels
will still provide the same familiar and important information about
city and highway mileage for new vehicles, but now for the first time,
they will also include comparable fuel economy and environmental ratings
for all new vehicles, including advanced technology vehicles like
electric cars and hybrids.
The new labels underscore the
benefits of the historic passenger car and truck fuel economy rule
adopted under this administration by the EPA and DOT in 2010 that will
save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program and reduce
fuel costs for the average consumer by $3,000.
The bottom line
is that these labels will help people make more informed decisions when
they're buying a car, so that they can save money at the gas pump. Learn
more at www.fueleconomy.gov.
Car
buyers can expect to see the new labels early next year when 2013 model
vehicles hit the showroom floors, and possibly even earlier on some
vehicles, but you can get a sneak preview of the new design here:
Additionally,
as part of Administration efforts to make sure that the government is
leading by example when it comes to fuel economy standards, the U.S.
Department of Energy, the U.S. General Services Administration and White
House Council on Environmental Quality came together this week to announce another major step in boosting clean energy technologies in our Federal fleet.
President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum
that will implement new Federal fleet management practices to further
the Administration's goals to cut oil imports by one-third by 2025 and
to put one million advanced vehicles on the road by 2015.
In tandem, GSA launched a historic Electric Vehicle Pilot program
that will put the President’s plan into action and place alternative
fueled vehicles into the Federal fleet in cities across the country.
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